Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

C. R. Bard, Inc.

Symbiosis Corporation

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Angiomed Gmbh & Co. Medizintechnik Kg

Apollo Endosurgery Us, Inc.

Roll-a-rod, L.l.c.

Ethicon Endo-surgery, Inc.

Boston Scientific Corporation

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.

Edwards Lifesciences Ag

Angiomed Gmbh & Co. Medizintechnik

Peter K Kratsch

Charles R Slater

Ronald David Adams

Marc O Schurr

Roy H Sullivan, Iii

Gerhard F Buess

George A Nunez

Jurgen A Kortenbach

Lauren O Main

Scott L Jahrmarkt

Thomas O Bales, Jr

Matt Solar

Vladimir Mitelberg

Donald K Jones

Brett E Naglreiter

J Landon Gilkey

Kenneth E Perry

Matthew S Solar

Matthew A Palmer

Juergen Andrew Kortenbach

Kevin F Hahnen

Thomas O Bales

Kevin W Smith

Vincent A Turturro

Michael Sean McBrayer

John Whittier

Louis Phillip Arrazola

Jorge Amels Perez

Chester O Baxter, Iii

Jeffrey David Messerly

Carlos Rivera

Jose Luis Francese

Matthew P Palmer

Barry Thomas Jamison

Saul Gottlieb

Scott R Arp

Thomas Bales

Kristin Nicole Werner Dawson

Gustavo Aguirre

Jeffrey S Weber

Larry Rose

Chester O Baxter

John D Fulkerson

Jerry C Buck

Robert Jr Sixto

Chester O Iii Baxter

Roy H Iii Sullivan

An endoscopic suturing system and method are disclosed as are devices for use with the system and method such as a suture dispenser, a cinch device, and a tissue grasper. In one embodiment the suturing system includes a cap assembly arranged at the distal end portion of an endoscope or guide member, with the cap assembly including a rotatable needle holder. The needle holder is actuated through a transmission element extending outside the endoscope or guide member. A needle capture device may be inserted through a channel of the endoscope or guide member in order to capture a needle held in the needle holder when the needle holder is rotated so that the needle punctures tissue.

Endoscopic suturing system

An implantable prosthesis designed to transition from a contracted state to an expanded state, including a continuous tubular helical winding and a plurality of bridges. The helical winding includes a plurality of circumferential sections spaced apart along a helical axis, each of the plurality of circumferential sections forming a non-orthogonal helical angle relative to the helical axis. The plurality of bridges connect adjacent circumferential sections, each having a length extending from a first end to a second end on a plane orthogonal to the helical axis, the length being equal to a circumferential offset between the adjacent circumferential sections in both the contracted state and the expanded state. The implantable prosthesis also includes a first annular ring orthogonal to the helical axis, and a first marker having a first end connected to the first annular ring, and a second end coupled to the first end of the helical winding.

Highly flexible stent and method of manufacture

Method of endoscopic suturing

A stent includes a central portion of helically wound undulations formed of struts, cylindrical end portions, and transition zones between the helical portion and the cylindrical portions. According to a first aspect of the invention, the torsional flexibility of the stent is maximized by having bridges connecting adjacent windings be interrupted by the maximum possible number of undulations. In one embodiment, each winding includes nineteen undulations around the circumference; bridges are provided every five undulations. According to a second aspect of the invention, uniform opening of the transition zone is achieved by altering the width, and thereby the flexibility, of a series of struts in accordance with their lengths. Specifically, the long transition zone struts are made wider.

Helical stent having improved flexibility and expandability

Preferred embodiments of a stent with a high degree of flexibility are shown and described. The stent can include a continuous helical winding having interconnected struts joined at vertices, and having bridges connecting sections of the helical winding to each other. An annular ring can be provided at one or both ends of the helical winding, and the annular ring can have extensions extending to connect to the helical winding. One of the extensions can connect to a bridge and another extension can connect to a vertex. The struts at the ends of the helical winding can have strut lengths that differ from the strut lengths of the struts in a central portion of the winding between the ends of the winding.

Preferred embodiments of a stent with a high degree of flexibility are shown and described. The stent can include a continuous helical winding and at least one bridge. The continuous helical winding has a plurality of circumferential sections that circumscribe a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end to define a tube. The circumferential sections are spaced apart along the axis. The at least one bridge is configured to connect one circumferential section to an axially-spaced adjacent circumferential section. The at least one bridge extends on a plane generally orthogonal with respect to the axis.

A mobile fishing rod transportation and storage system includes two longitudinal and two horizontal rods. Four corners connect the longitudinal rods to the horizontal rods to form a frame. A first of the horizontal rods is horizontally and rotationally fixed to the longitudinal rods. A second of the horizontal rods is horizontally fixed to the longitudinal rods and is rotationally free with respect to the longitudinal rods to permit rotation of the second horizontal rod. At least one rod holder is rotationally connected with respect to one of the first and second horizontal rods between the longitudinal rods to both rotationally pivot along with the one horizontal rod when in a rod-holder locked state and rotationally move independently of the one horizontal rod when in a rod-holder unlocked state. A set of wheels is connected to the frame to permit the frame to roll upon a surface of the environment.

Mobile fishing rod transportation and storage system

A mobile fishing rod transportation and storage system includes at least two longitudinal rods, at least two horizontal rods, four corner sub-assemblies connecting the at least two longitudinal rods to the at least two horizontal rods to form a frame, the at least two longitudinal rods being longitudinally and rotationally fixed and the at least two horizontal rods being horizontally fixed and rotationally free, at least one rod holder rotationally fixed to one of the at least two horizontal rods between the at least two longitudinal rods to rotationally pivot with the one horizontal rod, and a set of wheels connected to the frame to permit the frame to roll upon a surface of the environment.

A stent includes a central portion of helically wound undulations formed of struts, cylindrical end portions, and transition zones between the helical portion and the cylindrical portions. According to a first aspect of the invention, the torsional flexibility of the stent is maximized by having bridges connecting adjacent winding be interrupted by the maximum possible number of undulations. In one embodiment, each winding includes nineteen undulations around the circumference, bridges are provided every five undulations. According to a second aspect of the invention, uniform opening of the transition zone is achieved by altering the width, and thereby the flexibility, of a series of struts in accordance with their lengths. Specifically, the long transition zone struts are made wider.

A stent includes a central portion of helically wound undulations formed of struts, cylindrical end portions, and transition zones between the helical portion and the cylindrical portions. According to a first aspect of the invention, the torsional flexibility of the stent is maximized by having bridges connecting adjacent winding be interrupted by the maximum possible number of undulations. In a preferred design, each winding includes nineteen undulations around the circumference, bridges are provided every five undulations. According to a second aspect of the invention, uniform opening of the transition zone is achieved by altering the width, and thereby the flexibility, of a series of struts in accordance with their lengths. Specifically, the long transition zone struts are made wider.

Helical stent having struts in a transition zone that progressively increase in length

Preferred embodiments of a stent with a high degree of flexibility are shown and described. The stent can include a continuous helical winding having interconnected struts joined at vertices, and having bridges connecting sections of the helical winding to each other. An annular ring can be provided at one or both ends of the helical winding, and the annular ring can have five extensions extending to connect to the helical winding. One of the extensions can connect to a bridge and another extension can connect to a vertex. The struts at the ends of the helical winding can have strut lengths that differ from the strut lengths of the struts in a central portion of the winding between the ends of the winding.

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Davie, FL, United States of America

Peter K Kratsch